Gado Gado

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Gado Gado is an Indonesian dish with a spicy peanut sauce. The sate-like sauce goes over an (artful?) arrangement of raw and cooked vegetables. Can also add hard boiled eggs or tofu for protein and serve the whole lot on a bed of baby spinach or other salad leaves.

Ingredients

Sauce

1 onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 tsp grated ginger

½ jar good quality peanut butter, my preference is for the crunchy variety

1 Tbs honey

½ tsp cayenne pepper, or more to taste

juice of a lemon

a bay leaf

1 Tbs cider vinegar

300ml water (or more)

1 tsp salt

dash tamari

2 Tbs butter or oil

under the sauce

steamed or raw

shredded cabbage

sliced carrot

sliced celery

steamed

broccoli

fresh whole green beans

raw

bean sprouts

protein

hard-boiled eggs

tofu chunks, raw or sautéed in oil with sesame seeds

garnish

drizzle of sesame oil

sliced apple, lemon and /or orange

raisins

toasted seeds and nuts

Method

1. Sauce the onions, garlic, ginger and bay leaf in the butter, until onions are translucent
2. Add the peanut butter and fry briefly
3. Add the water and other ingredients and mix thoroughly
4. Bring to boil and simmer on the lowest possible heat for 30 minutes. Add more water if too thick

Moosewood Cookbook Mollie Katzen